Book written by J.Rosapepe:"Dracula is Dead"

laurana
By laurana

is the title of the last book written by James Rosapepe - former US ambassador in Romania.
Book Launch Festivity at Romanian Embassy in Washington.

By Dracula• 10 Nov 2009 15:43
Dracula

ROFL, hahahahahaha..sir dolly :)

By anonymous• 10 Nov 2009 15:00
anonymous

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I Am Jack's Smirking Revenge.

By laurana• 10 Nov 2009 14:57
laurana

is the short modified version of the fictional story.

Vlad The Impaller the 3rd was the ruler/prince of one of the Romanian/Valachian small kingdoms. His family name was Dracul meaning Devil.

The Dragon's order was a Hungarian knights order (heir of former St. George Knights).

By anonymous• 10 Nov 2009 14:36
anonymous

she's a close friend of the lord of darkness :D

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I Am Jack's Smirking Revenge.

By anonymous• 10 Nov 2009 14:33
anonymous

the order of dracule used to fight the turkish back then...lord dracule was the leader of a ferocious army who back then used to fight in christianity's name against the turkish.....so after a long war that lasted too many years , dracule came back home to his castle to see that his wife had been slained by the ennemies...so dracule became very angry , he blamed the Lord cause he didn't protect his wife....and in a moment of rage , he removed his sword and stuck it in the cross facing him...so the cross began bleeding , and dracul filled the holy cup from the cross's blood and drank it...this is when he converted to a vampire...

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I Am Jack's Smirking Revenge.

By laurana• 10 Nov 2009 14:17
laurana

if not I will start a strike!!!

I am going to Human Rights Commission.

I will start action on Haga Supreme Court

I will tell your wife that you are cheating her

I will ask Obama to invade you

I will send the dark spirits into your nightmares....

By laurana• 10 Nov 2009 14:12
laurana

Dracula is not a Romanian character. It is a British one, stolen by Hollywood. They just used the location, probably because at that time, Romania was considered at the edge of the Levant and consequently an exotic country.

We are proud with our national dark masters, but it is really hard to translate the names. And Dracula is a romantic character. The genuine characters are much more cruel and evil.

By Dracula• 10 Nov 2009 14:06
Dracula

GOOD POINT, PMCORREA!!!

By laurana• 10 Nov 2009 14:06
laurana

dead since 1476. It is only his un-dead body still crawling around us...

By pmcorrea• 10 Nov 2009 14:04
pmcorrea

The sad thing about Romania is that they don't even own the rights to Dracula.

By DaRuDe• 10 Nov 2009 14:03
DaRuDe

guess the admins werent happy with that title and members getting sad reading Dracula is dead.

By laurana• 10 Nov 2009 14:02
laurana

Who changed the title of my post? This was the whole IDEA: to scare everybody that the un-dead one is dead....

You ruined the intend of the thread, you ugly #$^%#$% MOD!!!

By Victory_278692• 10 Nov 2009 13:59
Victory_278692

sweet blood sucker posted at Abu Humour!

Thanks for correcting Thread title....

;-)

By DaRuDe• 10 Nov 2009 13:55
DaRuDe

trying to figure out something before it gets late so leave him to that.

By phoenix2009• 10 Nov 2009 13:53
phoenix2009

Drac, is this your surrogate writing on QL now??? :)

Yalla!

By GodFather.• 10 Nov 2009 13:48
GodFather.

Good News Qlers.. Dracula is not Dead. Infact he is alive and well and getting ready for his busy night shift..:)

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"HE WHO DARES WINS"

Derek Edward Trotter

By DaRuDe• 10 Nov 2009 13:46
DaRuDe

By GodFather.• 10 Nov 2009 13:38
GodFather.

I thought I say him wondering on the Beach in Dukhan last weekend with his Romanain Group..

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"HE WHO DARES WINS"

Derek Edward Trotter

By Dracula• 10 Nov 2009 13:38
Rating: 4/5
Dracula

Ask the average American about Romania, and the response would probably involve orphans, Olympic gymnasts or Dracula.

Dispelling these common yet one-dimensional views of the country was, in large part, the inspiration for "Dracula is Dead," a new travel literature book by Sheilah Kast and James C. Rosapepe. The bookis a thoroughly researched yet conversational tour through the often-overlooked Eastern European country.

"We had the opportunity to live there for three years and travel all over the country," Rosapepe said. "There's a Romania Americans don't know. We wrote the book to help more Americans know it."

"Americans who visited Romania got entranced with the place," Rosapepe said. "They speak English, they're pro-American, they're nice people. It's a very interesting culture and history."

Perhaps Romania's most persistent myth revolves around Vlad Dracul, the basis for Bram Stoker's "Dracula." Also known as Vlad the Impaler, the Transylvanian prince is revered by Romanians several centuries after his death, Kast and Rosapepe write. Though Vlad's preferred punishment was impaling his victims, the legend of him being a blood-sucking demon helps boost Transylvania's tourism trade.

Kast and Rosapepe devote portions of "Dracula is Dead" to lesser-known political and social subjects, such as how religious belief persisted through communism. And Romania's history of training Olympic gymnasts? "Dracula is Dead" gets to the bottom of it in a sentence: "They practice a lot."

http://xml.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/bal-ae.dracula10nov10,0,6487118.story

By gurl_under• 10 Nov 2009 13:37
gurl_under

i think you have a book now.... :)

You won't fully enjoy a swing unless you raise your feet from the ground......

By Victory_278692• 10 Nov 2009 13:34
Victory_278692

title......

By _noms_• 10 Nov 2009 13:33
_noms_

oh...thanks goodness... i was gonna visit AbuHamour with a wrong impression that its our Drac :D

~noms~

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